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Oceola Lake, New York

41 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Yorktown town. It lies in ZIP code area 10535. It lies near Indian Hill. The Survey maps it on the Mohegan Lake quadrangle.

Oceola Lake within Westchester County

Then and now

1892 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Oceola Lake, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Oceola Lake, surveyed 1892

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 41 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

479 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 479 fires within 5 miles of Oceola Lake between 1993 and 2020, burning about 382 acres in total. 31 started naturally. 59 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined262
Arson/incendiarism59
Debris and open burning41
Smoking39
Natural31
Equipment and vehicle use15
Power generation/transmission/distribution13
Recreation and ceremony10
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Other causes1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
6 September 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2001Recreation and ceremony15 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
5 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Westchester County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Oceola Lake: 15 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Manganese, Sulfur. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Croft Magnetite MineIron, SulfurPast ProducerMagnetite, Pyrite
Croft MineIron, SulfurPast Producer
Nathaniel Bradley's Limonite PitsIron, ManganesePast ProducerLimonite
Granitic Gneiss Rock QuarryStonePast Producer
Granitic Gneiss Rock Quarry No. Hk-027StonePast Producer
N. Bradley's Limonite PitIron, ManganesePast ProducerResidual
Nathaniel Bradley's Limonite MineIron, ManganesePast Producer
Blackberry Magnetite MineIronPast ProducerMagnetite
Blackberry Magnetite MineIronPast Producer
Blackberry/Mahopac MinesIronPast ProducerMagnetite

Every working recorded in Westchester County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Jefferson Valley0.4 miles41
Jefferson Village0.8 miles41
Shrub Oak1.4 miles41
Granite Springs2.9 miles41
Lake Mohegan2.9 miles41
Horton Estates3.0 miles34
Yorktown3.0 miles41
Shenorock3.2 miles34

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 959216. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.